Jul 30, 2023 · NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a distress call from the sailing vessel Eagle. The vessel reported they had run aground and were taking on water. A Coast […]

Jul 23, 2007 · Â KINGS BAY, Ga. – The Coast Guard will commission Maritime Force Protection Unit (MFPU) Kings Bay during a ceremony scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. Vice Adm. D. Brian Peterman, commander of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area, will preside over the commissioning ceremony which marks the formal establishment of the […]

Aug 17, 2008 · MIAMI – Effective 12:00 p.m. Sunday, Hurricane Condition YANKEE (sustained Gale Force winds from a hurricane force storm are predicted within 24 hours) is set for the Port of Key West, Fla. All mariners are reminded that there are no safe havens for the Port of Key West area and that the port is safest […]

Sep 10, 2008 · JUNEAU, Alaska — The definition of “guardian” is one who guards, watches over, or protects. For the guardians of the U.S. Coast Guard, being a guardian takes several forms. A guardian could be a Coast Guard Auxiliary member confined to a wheel chair but able to maintain radio guard for a 41- foot Coast Guard […]

May 15, 2007 · ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers and local and state agencies are monitoring the salvage of a sailing vessel today that sank early Monday morning in the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal, about two miles west of Chesapeake City, Md. The waterway, which connects the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay, […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Captain of the Port has set Port Condition FOUR, with no restrictions, for the maritime ports of Jacksonville and Canaveral beginning Monday, following the passing of Hurricane Ian. During Port Condition FOUR, port facilities are open to all commercial vessel traffic and cargo operations may resume, including bunkering and lightering. All […]

Jun 22, 2012 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted a change of command ceremony here welcoming a new sector commander and captain of the port, Friday. Capt. John Little relieved Capt. Mark Ogle as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and the Captain of the Port of Virginia. The commander is responsible for the Coast […]

Aug 12, 2020 · WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that Naval Station Newport, R.I. will be home to future Heritage Class Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs). “I am excited to announce the homeporting of two Offshore Patrol Cutters at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island,” said Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of …

PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard rescued two people stranded in a sailboat near Lewes, Delaware, at 1 a.m., today. A boater aboard the 40-foot sailboat Margaritaville notified the Coast Guard via VHF marine band radio, that they ran aground approximately 500-yards off the shore of Lewe. Both boaters were wearing life jackets at the time of […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Coast Guard Sector San Francisco personnel held a change-of-command ceremony on Yerba Buena Island, Thursday, as Capt. Marie Byrd relieved Capt. Tony Ceraolo as sector commander. Prior to serving as the Sector San Francisco deputy commander, Byrd served as the Coast Guard Congressional and Governmental Affairs …